"Of these five forces, your village has the least military force. Why is that?" Xuan Shi asked: "What I am more curious about is that you have fewer military forces, but they have not been annexed. This is not entirely due to the geographical location of your village, right?"

Dazhuang nodded: "That's true, it has something to do with the people in our village."

Speaking of this, a hint of embarrassment flashed across Dazhuang's face, but he was relieved soon. Everything in the past has passed, the country has been dead for decades, and those nothingness should have disappeared long ago.

"Let me tell me." Xuan Shi asked.

"The leaders of the other four forces are all from generals, and our village has been in chaos since the Central Plains army came more than 30 years ago, and later it became like this. In fact, most of the people gathered in our village are poor people, even slaves. But thirty years have passed, and these so-called identities have disappeared." Dazhuang generously told Xuan Shi about this matter, which also shows that in his heart, the statement about the so-called identities has long disappeared.

"Then they would let your village go because you were originally a low-key person." Xuan Shi said.

"It is a fact that our village lacks troops. It is also because we think that armor and weapons limit our troops." Dazhuang said: "In fact, there are a lot of people in our village. Not all of them gather in this village. There are also some villages around the village."

"So, if any other forces want to attack your village, those people in the village will attack them and surround them?" Xuan Shi asked.

Dazhuang nodded: "The reason is that, but in fact, I don't want them to do this. Once they fight, more casualties will be killed or injured. Therefore, every year we hand over some tributes to Yang Fu and Chengyong to seek their protection..."

So that's how it is to lose money and eliminate disasters and spend money to buy peace. Xuanshi was relieved, but this has also become a vicious cycle. The village spends so much to give to Yang Fu and Chengyong every year, and its own development will slower and even fail to develop, but retreat. As a result, it will become weaker and weaker. The weaker it is, the more you have to seek protection from the strong and pay more......

Tonight, Xuan Shi led his people to surround the village. It was a sudden incident for them. The surrounding villages could not react at all. However, even if they reacted, facing the 20,000 well-equipped navy soldiers and a group of unarmed rural villagers in the Tang Dynasty, what could it do? It would be just a waste of life.

So Dazhuang's words make sense, and they would rather pay so much wealth to seek protection than fight head-on with those forces. After all, for them, the most important thing is to save their lives.

"Very good." Xuan Shi praised: "I have already obtained the information I want. From today on, you don't need to pay any tribute to them. Your village will be protected by the Tang Dynasty naval soldiers. Usually, you will take care of the affairs in your village yourself. Before adding this island to the territory of the Tang Dynasty, this is true. When the Tang Dynasty set up a capital here, and then on, there is no need to worry about other forces on this island."

So far, Xuan Shi has not revealed to them the real purpose of Xuan Shi's arrival this time, and it is just telling them to subdue the island to the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, as for the scattered islands around this island, they were automatically assigned to the territory of the Tang Dynasty by Xuanshi, and they could not escape either now or in the future.

"yes."

The elder and Dazhuang stood up and bowed and responded.

"Okay, it's getting late, so go back and rest, but there's another thing to remind you that we should also say ugly things ahead." Xuan Shi stood up and said, "Since the village has opened the city and surrendered and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, please abide by the decision you have made, if it's repeated..."

Xuan Shi glanced at the people in the hall, and then a cruel smile appeared on his face: "If it is repeated, I will lead my army to slaughter this village, and join the surrounding villages, leaving no chickens and dogs behind, I will keep my word, do you understand?"

"I understand, understand." The elder nodded like a chicken pecking at rice. In just a moment, Xuan Shi's momentum was really terrifying.

Although the elder lived for a long time and was several times older than Xuanshi, he lived a stable life on this island for so many years, and his experience was not as legendary as Xuanshi...

"Okay, let's go back to bed, I'm going to go back to the camp," Xuan Shi said.

"Don't you stay in the village?" Dazhuang asked.

Xuan Shi smiled and said, "Although your village is large, it can't accommodate more than 20,000 soldiers." Xuan Shi said, "I chose to trust you once, and I hope you will not let down my trust."

After saying that, Xuan Shi and his men left the front hall, rectified the soldiers in the village, left the village, and rushed back to the camp overnight.

Chang Le and Gao Jun found Liu Renyuan and went back to the camp directly, not the village. After finding Liu Renyuan, Xuan Shi still had a lot of things to discuss with Liu Renyuan.

On the way back, Xuan Shi was also curious that Liu Renyuan was also a general who had experienced many battles. He shouldn't be unable to see such a simple trick. Why did he honestly follow the people sent from the village to the other side of the mountain?

When he returned to the camp, Xuan Shi gave the order, except for the soldiers who changed shifts to patrol and guard the camp, the rest of the soldiers returned to their tents and went to rest. Xuan Shi was lying on the bed in his tent, closing his eyes and taking a nap. He couldn't sleep well, and was still thinking about the affairs of those thousand people.

Not long after Xuan Shi lay down, footsteps came from outside the camp. In this quiet night, footsteps still stood out.

Listening to the number of people who were walking on footsteps, Xuan Shi knew that it was Liu Renyuan's team who had returned. He opened his eyes, got up from the bed board, tidied up his clothes, and Xuan Shi left the camp.

Sure enough, Liu Renyuan brought people back to the camp, and he was surrounded by Chang Le and Gao Jun.

Xuan Shi hurriedly came forward.

"General Liu made me very worried this night." Xuan Shi said.

Liu Renyuan laughed cheerfully: "Don't worry, Mr. Xuan, just use his tricks. When he was halfway, he caught a few people."

"Catch someone?" Xuan Shi was stunned.

"Come on! Bring the person up." Liu Renyuan ordered loudly.
Chapter completed!